Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-02-03
NO CHANGE IN THE STRIKE.
The Strikers Now Number Over $4,000
Men-The Coal Embargo in Phiiadel.
pkia Becoming Serinus-The Scabs Sc.
verely Beaten in jersey City.
NEW York, Feb. .

NEW York, Feb. 2.
The Ga, 600 men who are now on a strike
in New York and vicinity, included, are
'longshoremen, freight handlers, clerks, coal
handlers. trmmers, grain handlers, bag
sewers, boat men, engineers, firemen, dock
and deck hands, coopers and oil yard en-
ployes. The streets along the river fronts iu
New York this morning presented Sunday
like appearance. instead of the daily rush
of vehicles of all kinds in every direction
there were only few trucks and horse cars
to be seen. Tne majority of the big railroad
freight receiving and delivering piers were
closed and work was almost suspended. The
dock of the New York Central was almost
deserted.
All the piers in Philadelphia are over
stocked with coal and it is impossible TO pro
cure vessels to take it awav Notwithstanding
the fact that the rvhr is clear of Ice and that
81. % ton, discharge free, is offered to Bos
ton. The Philadelphia schooner A. and NJ
Carlisle was chartered Yesterday to load six
hundred tons of coal for Sl.75 ton, dis
charged free, and to be loaded directly to
destination free of all charge to the vessel,
something which was never known to have
been done before.
Along East River front the same difficulty
was experienced in moving freights as on
North River. Steamer Alamo, of the NAL
lory line was to have sailed today but will
not be ready till Saturday. At noon the pier
gate was closed and no more freight was re-
ceived. On Burling slip a long line of
trucks were waiting to unload. AT the Ward
line pier old non union men were at work
The police are guarding the piers. No dis
turbances OF any kind have occurred today
Large crowds CT striking lohgshoremen in
Jersey City laid in aait about ) o'clock this
morning on Hudson street About six new
men came up the street ard when they
reached the point where the strikers were
concealed the latter armed with clubs and
bricks set upon them and gave them an un-
merciful beating There were about fifty
scabs, mostly Danes aud Germans. and they
fed IN every direction. Only % reached the
docks. None of the strikers were arrested.
1t was expected yesterday that the en-
ploves on the Eastern division of the Penn
sylvania and New Jersey Central railroads
would strike They did not 60 out, however,
but district No 40 says they can be depended
upon if crisis should come.
An atttm mpt was also made bv the coal
handlers to drive away new men unloading
coal at the foot of Newark street, Hoboken,
but the police dispersed the strikers before
they had time to in ure any one. Work was
resumed bv the new men under police pro-
lection.
The Boston & Providence line has three
vessels at the pier laid up. The men at the
New York Central freight shop at st. John
Park struck this afternoon. Nearly 300 men
stopped. Non.unon men were put to work,
guarded by the police.
A secret meeting of delegates representing
fifteen district assemblies of the Knights OF
Labor in New York, New jersey and Con
necticut and comprising 10000 members out
side District Assembly 40, met here last
night at which resolutions were adopted
pledging financial support to the strikers.